Written during a cool and cloudy day in Siem Reap Cambodia
Started using a couple of Tmux features which has improved my workflow; sessions and menus. Sessions I already knew about but never used because I rarely need to switch projects so didn’t see much benefit. However, I’ve since learned that a shell script of tmux commands can launch you into a project instantly and that is a benefit for sure. I now have a shell script for each project, each script creates a new session with the necessary windows and panes, and I can quickly switch between sessions if I need to. Should have done this years ago.
The other feature is popup menus. I didn’t know tmux could do this until I read about it in “Tmux 3” by Brian P Hogan and it might be the most useful feature there is. I have a keystroke that opens a menu which lists a bunch of commands I use regularly, each of which can itself be fired by another keystroke. It’s so much more convenient than configuring and recalling ‘top level’ bindings. Definitely should have learned this years ago.
The rains have come and it’s made such a difference to the temperature here. You can actually go for an evening walk now without sweating buckets, it’s so nice. And when the rain comes I like to stand out on my balcony admiring it because after months of dry weather, a downpour really is something special.
I’ve been meaning to build a currency exchange calculator for ages because it’s something I need often and none of the existing apps work the way I want, plus they usually have adverts and a load of unnecessary features. So I finally got round to starting it one morning and had the first version deployed before lunch.
Although it’s intended for my own use only, I have mentioned it to a couple of friends and was very pleased to find they both use it. It’s great building software for yourself, and it’s even better when other people like using it too.